Section 6
something is good and right, they consider them selves to be good Christians.
God's Word says, "The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (Gen. 2:17). At the most, this practice is only a discerning of good from evil. At best, it is merely choosing and rejecting—choosing good and rejecting evil. This is not Christianity. Christian ity does not have an outward good and an out ward evil. It does not have a definite standard in place. I may choose something good and reject something evil today, but this is not Christian ity. It is the Old Testament, the law, worldly reli gions, human morality, and human ethics, but it is not Christianity.
Christianity Is Based on Life
What is Christianity? Christianity is life. Chris tianity is not a matter of asking whether some thing is right or wrong. Christianity is a matter of checking with the life inside us whenever we do something. What does the new life which God has given us tell us inwardly about this matter? It is very strange that many people have only seen an outward standard, the standard of good and evil. But God has not given us an outward